Pierre-Yves Dermagne

Pierre-Yves Dermagne
Dermagne in 2021
Minister of Economy and Employment
Assumed office
1 October 2020
Prime MinisterAlexander De Croo
Preceded byNathalie Muylle
Walloon Minister of Local Government and Housing
In office
13 September 2019 – 1 October 2020
Preceded byValérie De Bue
Succeeded byChristophe Collignon
Walloon Minister of Local Government and Housing
In office
26 January 2017 – 28 July 2017
Preceded byPaul Furlan
Succeeded byValérie De Bue
Mayor of Rochefort
Assumed office
3 December 2018
Preceded byFrançois Bellot
Personal details
Born (1980-12-30) 30 December 1980 (age 43)
Namur, Belgium
Political partySocialist Party (Francophone)
Alma materUniversité catholique de Louvain

Pierre-Yves Dermagne (born 30 December 1980)[1] is a Belgian politician. As of 1 October 2020, he serves as Minister of Economy and Employment in the De Croo Government led by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.[2][3] He is affiliated with the Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste).[4] He won the 2018 communal elections in Rochefort with 2,109 votes over François Bellot.[5] In October 2021, he advocated for a reduction in the work week from five days a week to four.[6]

He was elected to the Belgian Federal Parliament in the 2024 Belgian federal election.

  1. ^ "Pierre-Yves Dermagne". Parlement de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Le casting du gouvernement De Croo". L'Echo (in French). 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ Neirynck, Pieterjan (1 October 2020). "Comeback Vandenbroucke, geen Calvo of De Block: dit zijn de gezichten van de nieuwe federale regering". Business AM (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Who is in Belgium's new federal government?". The Brussels Times. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Pierre-Yves Dermagne, un socialiste "so British"". Le Soir (in French). 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  6. ^ "Budget fédéral : Pierre-Yves Dermagne (PS) défend l'idée d'une réduction collective du temps de travail". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-14.